Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface supporting user navigations of graphical objects on a touch screen display

ABSTRACT

A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface object and a second user interface object on a touch screen display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface object on the touch screen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon detecting a finger-up event at the second user interface object, the device visually replaces the second user interface object with the first user interface object.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationNos. 60/937,993, “Portable Multifunction Device,” filed Jun. 29, 2007;60/937,990, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical UserInterface Supporting User Navigations of Graphical Objects on a TouchScreen Display,” filed Jun. 29, 2007; 60/879,469, “PortableMultifunction Device,” filed Jan. 8, 2007; and 60/879,253, “PortableMultifunction Device,” filed Jan. 7, 2007. All of these applications areincorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

This application is related to the following applications: (1) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 10/188,182, “Touch Pad For Handheld Device,”filed Jul. 1, 2002; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/722,948,“Touch Pad For Handheld Device,” filed Nov. 25, 2003; (3) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 10/643,256, “Movable Touch Pad With AddedFunctionality,” filed Aug. 18, 2003; (4) U.S. patent application Ser.No. 10/654,108, “Ambidextrous Mouse,” filed Sep. 2, 2003; (5) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filedMay 6, 2004; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, “GesturesFor Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jul. 30, 2004; (7) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User InterfacesFor Touch Sensitive Input Devices” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (8) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/057,050, “Display Actuator,” filed Feb. 11,2005; (9) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/658,777,“Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 4, 2005; (10) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-HeldDevice,” filed Mar. 3, 2006; and (11) U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 60/824,769, “Portable Multifunction Device,” filed Sep.6, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated by reference hereinin their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electronicdevices, and more particularly, to portable devices that support usernavigations of graphical objects on a touch screen display.

BACKGROUND

As portable electronic devices become more compact, and the number offunctions performed by a given device increase, it has become asignificant challenge to design a user interface that allows users toeasily interact with a multifunction device. This challenge isparticular significant for handheld portable devices, which have muchsmaller screens than desktop or laptop computers. This situation isunfortunate because the user interface is the gateway through whichusers receive not only content but also responses to user actions orbehaviors, including user attempts to access a device's features, tools,and functions. Some portable communication devices (e.g., mobiletelephones, sometimes called mobile phones, cell phones, cellulartelephones, and the like) have resorted to adding more pushbuttons,increasing the density of push buttons, overloading the functions ofpushbuttons, or using complex menu systems to allow a user to access,store and manipulate data. These conventional user interfaces oftenresult in complicated key sequences and menu hierarchies that must bememorized by the user.

Many conventional user interfaces, such as those that include physicalpushbuttons, are also inflexible. This is unfortunate because it mayprevent a user interface from being configured and/or adapted by eitheran application running on the portable device or by users. When coupledwith the time consuming requirement to memorize multiple key sequencesand menu hierarchies, and the difficulty in activating a desiredpushbutton, such inflexibility is frustrating to most users.

On the other hand, a touch-sensitive screen supports more user-friendlyand intuitive means for a user to interact with graphical objects on thescreen, such as dragging and dropping an object from one position toanother using finger tip.

Accordingly, there is a need for portable multifunction devices withmore transparent and intuitive user interfaces supporting usernavigation of graphical objects on a touch screen display, e.g.,swapping two objects, which are easy to use, configure, and/or adapt.Such interfaces increase the effectiveness, efficiency and usersatisfaction with portable multifunction devices.

SUMMARY

The above deficiencies and other problems associated with userinterfaces for portable devices are reduced or eliminated by thedisclosed portable multifunction device. In some embodiments, the devicehas a touch-sensitive display (also known as a “touch screen”) with agraphical user interface (GUI), one or more processors, memory and oneor more modules, programs or sets of instructions stored in the memoryfor performing multiple functions. In some embodiments, the userinteracts with the GUI primarily through finger contacts and gestures onthe touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the functions mayinclude telephoning, video conferencing, e-mailing, instant messaging,blogging, digital photographing, digital videoing, web browsing, digitalmusic playing, and/or digital video playing. Instructions for performingthese functions may be included in a computer program product configuredfor execution by one or more processors.

One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented methodperformed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay. In response to a finger-down event on the touch screen display,the device identifies a first user interface object at which thefinger-down event occurs. In response to one or more finger-draggingevents on the touch screen display, the device then moves the first userinterface object on the touch screen display in accordance with thefinger-dragging events. In response to a finger-up event on the touchscreen display, the device identifies a second user interface object atwhich the finger-up event occurs and visually replaces the second userinterface object with the first user interface object.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented methodperformed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay. The device displays a first user interface object and a seconduser interface object on the touch screen display. In response to afinger-down event at the first user interface object and one or morefinger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves thefirst user interface object on the touch screen display along a pathdetermined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interfaceobject at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Inresponse to a finger-up event at the second user interface object, thedevice visually replaces the second user interface object with the firstuser interface object.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic devicewith a touch screen display for displaying a plurality of user interfaceobjects. The device includes one or more processors, memory, and aprogram stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one ormore processors. The program includes: instructions for displaying afirst user interface object and a second user interface object on thetouch screen display; instructions for detecting a finger-down event atthe first user interface object; instructions for detecting one or morefinger-dragging events on the touch screen display; instructions formoving the first user interface object on the touch screen display alonga path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first userinterface object at least in part overlaps the second user interfaceobject; instructions for detecting a finger-up event at the second userinterface object; and instructions for visually replacing the seconduser interface object with the first user interface object.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer readable storagemedium that stores one or more programs. The one or more programsinclude instructions, which when executed by the device, cause thedevice to: display a first user interface object and a second userinterface object on the touch screen display; detect a finger-down eventat the first user interface object; detect one or more finger-draggingevents on the touch screen display; move the first user interface objecton the touch screen display along a path determined by thefinger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least inpart overlaps the second user interface object; detect a finger-up eventat the second user interface object; and visually replace the seconduser interface object with the first user interface object.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic devicewith a touch screen display with a plurality of user interface objects.The device includes: means for displaying a first user interface objectand a second user interface object on the touch screen display; meansfor detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object;means for detecting one or more finger-dragging events on the touchscreen display; means for moving the first user interface object on thetouch screen display along a path determined by the finger-draggingevents until the first user interface object at least in part overlapsthe second user interface object; means for detecting a finger-up eventat the second user interface object; and means for visually replacingthe second user interface object with the first user interface object.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented methodperformed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay. The device displays a series of ratings indicia on the touchscreen display. The series of ratings indicia include a lowest ratingindicia and one or more progressively higher rating indicia. In responseto a finger gesture by a user on one or more of the ratings indicia, thedevice determines a last rating indicia contacted by the finger gestureimmediately prior to the finger breaking contact with the touch screendisplay. A rating corresponding to the last rating indicia contacted bythe finger gesture is used as input to a function or application in thedevice.

Another aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface on aportable electronic device with a touch screen display. The graphicaluser interface includes a series of ratings indicia on the touch screendisplay. The ratings indicia include a lowest rating indicia and one ormore progressively higher rating indicia. In response to a fingergesture on one or more of the ratings indicia, the graphical userinterface displays on the touch screen a graphical object using as inputthe last rating indicia contacted by the finger gesture before thefinger gesture breaks contact with the touch screen display.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic devicewith a touch screen display. The device includes one or more processors,memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured tobe executed by the processors. The programs include: instructions fordisplaying a series of ratings indicia on the touch screen display,wherein the ratings indicia comprise a lowest rating indicia and one ormore progressively higher rating indicia; instructions for detecting afinger gesture by a user on one or more of the ratings indicia, whereinthe finger gesture contacts a last rating indicia immediately prior tobreaking contact with the touch screen display; and instructions forusing a rating corresponding to the last rating indicia contacted by thefinger gesture as input to a function or application in the device.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer readable storagemedium that stores one or more programs. The one or more programsinclude instructions, which when executed by a portable multifunctiondevice with a touch screen display, cause the device to: display aseries of ratings indicia on the touch screen display, wherein theratings indicia comprise a lowest rating indicia and one or moreprogressively higher rating indicia; detect a finger gesture by a useron one or more of the ratings indicia, wherein the finger gesturecontacts a last rating indicia immediately prior to breaking contactwith the touch screen display; and use a rating corresponding to thelast rating indicia contacted by the finger gesture as input to afunction or application in the device.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic devicewith a touch screen display. The device includes: means for displaying aseries of ratings indicia on the touch screen display, wherein theratings indicia comprise a lowest rating indicia and one or moreprogressively higher rating indicia; means for detecting a fingergesture by a user on one or more of the ratings indicia, wherein thefinger gesture contacts a last rating indicia immediately prior tobreaking contact with the touch screen display; and means for using arating corresponding to the last rating indicia contacted by the fingergesture as input to a function or application in the device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of the aforementioned embodiments of theinvention as well as additional embodiments thereof, reference should bemade to the Description of Embodiments below, in conjunction with thefollowing drawings in which like reference numerals refer tocorresponding parts throughout the figures.

FIGS. 1A and 1B are block diagrams illustrating portable multifunctiondevices with touch-sensitive displays in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device having a touch screenin accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portableelectronic device in accordance with some embodiments.

FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a menu ofapplications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a first process for swapping firstand second user interface objects in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a second process for swappingfirst and second user interface objects in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a third process for displaying aratings icon using as input a finger swipe gesture on the touch screendisplay in accordance with some embodiments.

FIGS. 8A through 8I illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a music andvideo player in accordance with some embodiments.

FIGS. 9A-9P illustrate exemplary user interfaces for an online videoapplication for a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of whichare illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following detaileddescription, numerous specific details are set forth in order to providea thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will beapparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present inventionmay be practiced without these specific details. In other instances,well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks havenot been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspectsof the embodiments.

It will also be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc.may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements shouldnot be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguishone element from another. For example, a first gesture could be termed asecond gesture, and, similarly, a second gesture could be termed a firstgesture, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is forthe purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is notintended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the description ofthe invention and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an” and“the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless thecontext clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that theterm “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and allpossible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Itwill be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or“comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence ofstated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/orcomponents, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or moreother features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components,and/or groups thereof.

Embodiments of a portable multifunction device, user interfaces for suchdevices, and associated processes for using such devices are described.In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device suchas a mobile telephone that also contains other functions, such as PDAand/or music player functions.

The user interface may include a physical click wheel in addition to atouch screen or a virtual click wheel displayed on the touch screen. Aclick wheel is a user-interface device that may provide navigationcommands based on an angular displacement of the wheel or a point ofcontact with the wheel by a user of the device. A click wheel may alsobe used to provide a user command corresponding to selection of one ormore items, for example, when the user of the device presses down on atleast a portion of the wheel or the center of the wheel. Alternatively,breaking contact with a click wheel image on a touch screen surface mayindicate a user command corresponding to selection. For simplicity, inthe discussion that follows, a portable multifunction device thatincludes a touch screen is used as an exemplary embodiment. It should beunderstood, however, that some of the user interfaces and associatedprocesses may be applied to other devices, such as personal computersand laptop computers, which may include one or more other physicaluser-interface devices, such as a physical click wheel, a physicalkeyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick.

The device supports a variety of applications, such as a telephoneapplication, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, aninstant messaging application, a blogging application, a digital cameraapplication, a digital video camera application, a web browsingapplication, a digital music player application, and/or a digital videoplayer application.

The various applications that may be executed on the device may use atleast one common physical user-interface device, such as the touchscreen. One or more functions of the touch screen as well ascorresponding information displayed on the device may be adjusted and/orvaried from one application to the next and/or within a respectiveapplication. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as thetouch screen) of the device may support the variety of applications withuser interfaces that are intuitive and transparent.

The user interfaces may include one or more soft keyboard embodiments.The soft keyboard embodiments may include standard (QWERTY) and/ornon-standard configurations of symbols on the displayed icons of thekeyboard, such as those described in U.S. patent application Ser. Nos.11/459,606, “Keyboards For Portable Electronic Devices,” filed Jul. 24,2006, and 11/459,615, “Touch Screen Keyboards For Portable ElectronicDevices,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, the contents of which are herebyincorporated by reference in their entirety. The keyboard embodimentsmay include a reduced number of icons (or soft keys) relative to thenumber of keys in existing physical keyboards, such as that for atypewriter. This may make it easier for users to select one or moreicons in the keyboard, and thus, one or more corresponding symbols. Thekeyboard embodiments may be adaptive. For example, displayed icons maybe modified in accordance with user actions, such as selecting one ormore icons and/or one or more corresponding symbols. One or moreapplications on the portable device may utilize common and/or differentkeyboard embodiments. Thus, the keyboard embodiment used may be tailoredto at least some of the applications. In some embodiments, one or morekeyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective user. For example,one or more keyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective userbased on a word usage history (lexicography, slang, individual usage) ofthe respective user. Some of the keyboard embodiments may be adjusted toreduce a probability of a user error when selecting one or more icons,and thus one or more symbols, when using the soft keyboard embodiments.

Attention is now directed towards embodiments of the device. FIGS. 1Aand 1B are block diagrams illustrating portable multifunction devices100 with touch-sensitive displays 112 in accordance with someembodiments. The touch-sensitive display 112 is sometimes called a“touch screen” for convenience, and may also be known as or called atouch-sensitive display system. The device 100 may include a memory 102(which may include one or more computer readable storage mediums), amemory controller 122, one or more processing units (CPU's) 120, aperipherals interface 118, RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, aspeaker 111, a microphone 113, an input/output (I/O) subsystem 106,other input or control devices 116, and an external port 124. The device100 may include one or more optical sensors 164. These components maycommunicate over one or more communication buses or signal lines 103.

It should be appreciated that the device 100 is only one example of aportable multifunction device 100, and that the device 100 may have moreor fewer components than shown, may combine two or more components, or amay have a different configuration or arrangement of the components. Thevarious components shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B may be implemented inhardware, software or a combination of both hardware and software,including one or more signal processing and/or application specificintegrated circuits.

Memory 102 may include high-speed random access memory and may alsoinclude non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storagedevices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memorydevices. Access to memory 102 by other components of the device 100,such as the CPU 120 and the peripherals interface 118, may be controlledby the memory controller 122.

The peripherals interface 118 couples the input and output peripheralsof the device to the CPU 120 and memory 102. The one or more processors120 run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructionsstored in memory 102 to perform various functions for the device 100 andto process data.

In some embodiments, the peripherals interface 118, the CPU 120, and thememory controller 122 may be implemented on a single chip, such as achip 104. In some other embodiments, they may be implemented on separatechips.

The RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals,also called electromagnetic signals. The RF circuitry 108 convertselectrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates withcommunications networks and other communications devices via theelectromagnetic signals. The RF circuitry 108 may include well-knowncircuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited toan antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner,one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, asubscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. The RFcircuitry 108 may communicate with networks, such as the Internet, alsoreferred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wirelessnetwork, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local areanetwork (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and otherdevices by wireless communication. The wireless communication may useany of a plurality of communications standards, protocols andtechnologies, including but not limited to Global System for MobileCommunications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speeddownlink packet access (HSDPA), wideband code division multiple access(W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multipleaccess (TDMA), Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a,IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE 802.11n), voice over InternetProtocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for email (e.g., Internet messageaccess protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instantmessaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP),Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and PresenceLeveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), and/or Instant Messaging and PresenceService (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS)), or any othersuitable communication protocol, including communication protocols notyet developed as of the filing date of this document.

The audio circuitry 110, the speaker 111, and the microphone 113 providean audio interface between a user and the device 100. The audiocircuitry 110 receives audio data from the peripherals interface 118,converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits theelectrical signal to the speaker 111. The speaker 111 converts theelectrical signal to human-audible sound waves. The audio circuitry 110also receives electrical signals converted by the microphone 113 fromsound waves. The audio circuitry 110 converts the electrical signal toaudio data and transmits the audio data to the peripherals interface 118for processing. Audio data may be retrieved from and/or transmitted tomemory 102 and/or the RF circuitry 108 by the peripherals interface 118.In some embodiments, the audio circuitry 110 also includes a headsetjack (e.g. 212, FIG. 2). The headset jack provides an interface betweenthe audio circuitry 110 and removable audio input/output peripherals,such as output-only headphones or a headset with both output (e.g., aheadphone for one or both ears) and input (e.g., a microphone).

The I/O subsystem 106 couples input/output peripherals on the device100, such as the touch screen 112 and other input/control devices 116,to the peripherals interface 118. The I/O subsystem 106 may include adisplay controller 156 and one or more input controllers 160 for otherinput or control devices. The one or more input controllers 160receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices116. The other input/control devices 116 may include physical buttons(e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches,joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments,input controller(s) 160 may be coupled to any (or none) of thefollowing: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, and a pointer devicesuch as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g., 208, FIG. 2) may includean up/down button for volume control of the speaker 111 and/or themicrophone 113. The one or more buttons may include a push button (e.g.,206, FIG. 2). A quick press of the push button may disengage a lock ofthe touch screen 112 or begin a process that uses gestures on the touchscreen to unlock the device, as described in U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on anUnlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety. A longer press of the push button (e.g., 206)may turn power to the device 100 on or off. The user may be able tocustomize a functionality of one or more of the buttons. The touchscreen 112 is used to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or moresoft keyboards.

The touch-sensitive touch screen 112 provides an input interface and anoutput interface between the device and a user. The display controller156 receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to the touch screen112. The touch screen 112 displays visual output to the user. The visualoutput may include graphics, text, icons, video, and any combinationthereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some orall of the visual output may correspond to user-interface objects,further details of which are described below.

A touch screen 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor or set ofsensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactilecontact. The touch screen 112 and the display controller 156 (along withany associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detectcontact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on the touchscreen 112 and converts the detected contact into interaction withuser-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages orimages) that are displayed on the touch screen. In an exemplaryembodiment, a point of contact between a touch screen 112 and the usercorresponds to a finger of the user.

The touch screen 112 may use LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, orLPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, although other displaytechnologies may be used in other embodiments. The touch screen 112 andthe display controller 156 may detect contact and any movement orbreaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologiesnow known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive,resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well asother proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one ormore points of contact with a touch screen 112.

A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of the touch screen 112may be analogous to the multi-touch sensitive tablets described in thefollowing U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), 6,570,557(Westerman et al.), and/or 6,677,932 (Westerman), and/or U.S. PatentPublication 2002/0015024A1, each of which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety. However, a touch screen 112 displays visualoutput from the portable device 100, whereas touch sensitive tablets donot provide visual output.

A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of the touch screen 112may be as described in the following applications: (1) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,”filed May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862,“Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filedJul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264,“Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 31, 2005; (5)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical UserInterfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (6)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual Input DevicePlacement On A Touch Screen User Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (7)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A ComputerWith A Touch Screen Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of ATouch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,”filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated byreference herein in their entirety.

The touch screen 112 may have a resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In anexemplary embodiment, the touch screen has a resolution of approximately160 dpi. The user may make contact with the touch screen 112 using anysuitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth.In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarilywith finger-based contacts and gestures, which are much less precisethan stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger onthe touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the roughfinger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command forperforming the actions desired by the user.

In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, the device 100 mayinclude a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particularfunctions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive areaof the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visualoutput. The touchpad may be a touch-sensitive surface that is separatefrom the touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitive surfaceformed by the touch screen.

In some embodiments, the device 100 may include a physical or virtualclick wheel as an input control device 116. A user may navigate amongand interact with one or more graphical objects (henceforth referred toas icons) displayed in the touch screen 112 by rotating the click wheelor by moving a point of contact with the click wheel (e.g., where theamount of movement of the point of contact is measured by its angulardisplacement with respect to a center point of the click wheel). Theclick wheel may also be used to select one or more of the displayedicons. For example, the user may press down on at least a portion of theclick wheel or an associated button. User commands and navigationcommands provided by the user via the click wheel may be processed by aninput controller 160 as well as one or more of the modules and/or setsof instructions in memory 102. For a virtual click wheel, the clickwheel and click wheel controller may be part of the touch screen 112 andthe display controller 156, respectively. For a virtual click wheel, theclick wheel may be either an opaque or semitransparent object thatappears and disappears on the touch screen display in response to userinteraction with the device. In some embodiments, a virtual click wheelis displayed on the touch screen of a portable multifunction device andoperated by user contact with the touch screen.

The device 100 also includes a power system 162 for powering the variouscomponents. The power system 162 may include a power management system,one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), arecharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converteror inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode(LED)) and any other components associated with the generation,management and distribution of power in portable devices.

The device 100 may also include one or more optical sensors 164. FIGS.1A and 1B show an optical sensor coupled to an optical sensor controller158 in I/O subsystem 106. The optical sensor 164 may includecharge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor(CMOS) phototransistors. The optical sensor 164 receives light from theenvironment, projected through one or more lens, and converts the lightto data representing an image. In conjunction with an imaging module 143(also called a camera module), the optical sensor 164 may capture stillimages or video. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located onthe back of the device 100, opposite the touch screen display 112 on thefront of the device, so that the touch screen display may be used as aviewfinder for either still and/or video image acquisition. In someembodiments, an optical sensor is located on the front of the device sothat the user's image may be obtained for videoconferencing while theuser views the other video conference participants on the touch screendisplay. In some embodiments, the position of the optical sensor 164 canbe changed by the user (e.g., by rotating the lens and the sensor in thedevice housing) so that a single optical sensor 164 may be used alongwith the touch screen display for both video conferencing and stilland/or video image acquisition.

The device 100 may also include one or more proximity sensors 166. FIGS.1A and 1B show a proximity sensor 166 coupled to the peripheralsinterface 118. Alternately, the proximity sensor 166 may be coupled toan input controller 160 in the I/O subsystem 106. The proximity sensor166 may perform as described in U.S. patent application Ser. Nos.11/241,839, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device,” filed Sep. 30,2005; 11/240,788, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device,” filed Sep.30, 2005; Ser. No. 11/241,839, “Using Ambient Light Sensor To AugmentProximity Sensor Output,” filed Jan. 7, 2007; Ser. No. 11/620,702,“Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity In PortableDevices,” filed Oct. 24, 2006; Ser. No. 11/586,862, “Methods And SystemsFor Automatic Configuration Of Peripherals,” filed Dec. 12, 2006, Ser.No. 11/638,251, which are hereby incorporated by reference in theirentirety. In some embodiments, the proximity sensor turns off anddisables the touch screen 112 when the multifunction device is placednear the user's ear (e.g., when the user is making a phone call). Insome embodiments, the proximity sensor keeps the screen off when thedevice is in the user's pocket, purse, or other dark area to preventunnecessary battery drainage when the device is a locked state.

The device 100 may also include one or more accelerometers 168. FIGS. 1Aand 1B show an accelerometer 168 coupled to the peripherals interface118. Alternately, the accelerometer 168 may be coupled to an inputcontroller 160 in the I/O subsystem 106. The accelerometer 168 mayperform as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050190059,“Acceleration-based Theft Detection System for Portable ElectronicDevices,” and U.S. Patent Publication No. 20060017692, “Methods AndApparatuses For Operating A Portable Device Based On An Accelerometer,”both of which are which are incorporated herein by reference in theirentirety. In some embodiments, information is displayed on the touchscreen display in a portrait view or a landscape view based on ananalysis of data received from the one or more accelerometers.

In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 mayinclude an operating system 126, a communication module (or set ofinstructions) 128, a contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130,a graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, a text input module (orset of instructions) 134, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module (orset of instructions) 135, and applications (or set of instructions) 136.

The operating system 126 (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X,WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includesvarious software components and/or drivers for controlling and managinggeneral system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control,power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between varioushardware and software components.

The communication module 128 facilitates communication with otherdevices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes varioussoftware components for handling data received by the RF circuitry 108and/or the external port 124. The external port 124 (e.g., UniversalSerial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly toother devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wirelessLAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g.,30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatiblewith the 30-pin connector used on iPod (trademark of Apple Computer,Inc.) devices.

The contact/motion module 130 may detect contact with the touch screen112 (in conjunction with the display controller 156) and other touchsensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Thecontact/motion module 130 includes various software components forperforming various operations related to detection of contact, such asdetermining if contact has occurred, determining if there is movement ofthe contact and tracking the movement across the touch screen 112, anddetermining if the contact has been broken (i.e., if the contact hasceased). Determining movement of the point of contact may includedetermining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction),and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of thepoint of contact. These operations may be applied to single contacts(e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g.,“multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, thecontact/motion module 130 and the display controller 156 also detectscontact on a touchpad. In some embodiments, the contact/motion module130 and the controller 160 detects contact on a click wheel.

The graphics module 132 includes various known software components forrendering and displaying graphics on the touch screen 112, includingcomponents for changing the intensity of graphics that are displayed. Asused herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can bedisplayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons(such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images,videos, animations and the like.

The text input module 134, which may be a component of graphics module132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications(e.g., contacts 137, e-mail 140, IM 141, blogging 142, browser 147, andany other application that needs text input).

The GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and providesthis information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138for use in location-based dialing, to camera 143 and/or blogger 142 aspicture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-basedservices such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, andmap/navigation widgets).

The applications 136 may include the following modules (or sets ofinstructions), or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   a contacts module 137 (sometimes called an address book or        contact list);    -   a telephone module 138;    -   a video conferencing module 139;    -   an e-mail client module 140;    -   an instant messaging (IM) module 141;    -   a blogging module 142;    -   a camera module 143 for still and/or video images;    -   an image management module 144;    -   a video player module 145;    -   a music player module 146;    -   a browser module 147;    -   a calendar module 148;    -   widget modules 149, which may include weather widget 149-1,        stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget        149-4, dictionary widget 149-5, and other widgets obtained by        the user, as well as user-created widgets 149-6;    -   widget creator module 150 for making user-created widgets 149-6;    -   search module 151;    -   video and music player module 152, which merges video player        module 145 and music player module 146;    -   notes module 153;    -   map module 154; and/or    -   online video module 155.

Examples of other applications 136 that may be stored in memory 102include other word processing applications, JAVA-enabled applications,encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voicereplication.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the contactsmodule 137 may be used to manage an address book or contact list,including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from theaddress book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es),physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating animage with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephonenumbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communicationsby telephone 138, video conference 139, e-mail 140, or IM 141; and soforth.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111,microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the telephonemodule 138 may be used to enter a sequence of characters correspondingto a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in theaddress book 137, modify a telephone number that has been entered, diala respective telephone number, conduct a conversation and disconnect orhang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wirelesscommunication may use any of a plurality of communications standards,protocols and technologies.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111,microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130, graphics module132, text input module 134, contact list 137, and telephone module 138,the videoconferencing module 139 may be used to initiate, conduct, andterminate a video conference between a user and one or more otherparticipants.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text inputmodule 134, the e-mail client module 140 may be used to create, send,receive, and manage e-mail. In conjunction with image management module144, the e-mail module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mailswith still or video images taken with camera module 143.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text inputmodule 134, the instant messaging module 141 may be used to enter asequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modifypreviously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message(for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia MessageService (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or usingXMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receiveinstant messages and to view received instant messages. In someembodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages may includegraphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments asare supported in a MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). Asused herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages(e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages(e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, image management module 144, and browsing module 147, theblogging module 142 may be used to send text, still images, video,and/or other graphics to a blog (e.g., the user's blog).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, opticalsensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130,graphics module 132, and image management module 144, the camera module143 may be used to capture still images or video (including a videostream) and store them into memory 102, modify characteristics of astill image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory 102.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and cameramodule 143, the image management module 144 may be used to arrange,modify or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in adigital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, and speaker 111,the video player module 145 may be used to display, present or otherwiseplay back videos (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connecteddisplay via external port 124).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156,contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, the music player module146 allows the user to download and play back recorded music and othersound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AACfiles. In some embodiments, the device 100 may include the functionalityof an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text inputmodule 134, the browser module 147 may be used to browse the Internet,including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages orportions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to webpages.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, e-mail module 140, and browser module 147, the calendarmodule 148 may be used to create, display, modify, and store calendarsand data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to do lists,etc.).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, and browser module 147, the widget modules 149 aremini-applications that may be downloaded and used by a user (e.g.,weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3,alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by theuser (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, a widgetincludes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (CascadingStyle Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widgetincludes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file(e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, and browser module 147, the widget creator module 150 may beused by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portionof a web page into a widget).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156,contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, thesearch module 151 may be used to search for text, music, sound, image,video, and/or other files in memory 102 that match one or more searchcriteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the notesmodule 153 may be used to create and manage notes, to do lists, and thelike.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, the map module 154may be used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and dataassociated with maps (e.g., driving directions; data on stores and otherpoints of interest at or near a particular location; and otherlocation-based data).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156,contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker111, RF circuitry 108, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140,and browser module 147, the online video module 155 allows the user toaccess, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back(e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connected display viaexternal port 124), send an e-mail with a link to a particular onlinevideo, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats,such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module 141, ratherthan e-mail client module 140, is used to send a link to a particularonline video. Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processesusing online video module 155 are described further below.

Each of the above identified modules and applications correspond to aset of instructions for performing one or more functions describedabove. These modules (i.e., sets of instructions) need not beimplemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, andthus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwisere-arranged in various embodiments. For example, video player module 145may be combined with music player module 146 into a single module (e.g.,video and music player module 152, FIG. 1B). In some embodiments, memory102 may store a subset of the modules and data structures identifiedabove. Furthermore, memory 102 may store additional modules and datastructures not described above.

In some embodiments, the device 100 is a device where operation of apredefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusivelythrough a touch screen 112 and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screenand/or a touchpad as the primary input/control device for operation ofthe device 100, the number of physical input/control devices (such aspush buttons, dials, and the like) on the device 100 may be reduced.

The predefined set of functions that may be performed exclusivelythrough a touch screen and/or a touchpad include navigation between userinterfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user,navigates the device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any userinterface that may be displayed on the device 100. In such embodiments,the touchpad may be referred to as a “menu button.” In some otherembodiments, the menu button may be a physical push button or otherphysical input/control device instead of a touchpad.

FIG. 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device 100 having a touchscreen 112 in accordance with some embodiments. The touch screen maydisplay one or more graphics within user interface (UI) 200. In thisembodiment, as well as others described below, a user may select one ormore of the graphics by making contact or touching the graphics, forexample, with one or more fingers 202 (not drawn to scale in thefigure). In some embodiments, selection of one or more graphics occurswhen the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics. In someembodiments, the contact may include a gesture, such as one or moretaps, one or more swipes (from left to right, right to left, upwardand/or downward) and/or a rolling of a finger (from right to left, leftto right, upward and/or downward) that has made contact with the device100. In some embodiments, inadvertent contact with a graphic may notselect the graphic. For example, a swipe gesture that sweeps over anapplication icon may not select the corresponding application when thegesture corresponding to selection is a tap.

The device 100 may also include one or more physical buttons, such as“home” or menu button 204. As described previously, the menu button 204may be used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applicationsthat may be executed on the device 100. Alternatively, in someembodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI intouch screen 112.

In one embodiment, the device 100 includes a touch screen 112, a menubutton 204, a push button 206 for powering the device on/off and lockingthe device, volume adjustment button(s) 208, a Subscriber IdentityModule (SIM) card slot 210, a head set jack 212, and a docking/chargingexternal port 124. The push button 206 may be used to turn the poweron/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button inthe depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the deviceby depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefinedtime interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate anunlock process. In an alternative embodiment, the device 100 also mayaccept verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functionsthrough the microphone 113.

Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”)and associated processes that may be implemented on a portablemultifunction device 100.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portableelectronic device in accordance with some embodiments. In someembodiments, user interface 300 includes the following elements, or asubset or superset thereof:

-   -   Unlock image 302 that is moved with a finger gesture to unlock        the device;    -   Arrow 304 that provides a visual cue to the unlock gesture;    -   Channel 306 that provides additional cues to the unlock gesture;    -   Time 308;    -   Day 310;    -   Date 312; and    -   Wallpaper image 314.

In some embodiments, the device detects contact with the touch-sensitivedisplay (e.g., a user's finger making contact on or near the unlockimage 302) while the device is in a user-interface lock state. Thedevice moves the unlock image 302 in accordance with the contact. Thedevice transitions to a user-interface unlock state if the detectedcontact corresponds to a predefined gesture, such as moving the unlockimage across channel 306. Conversely, the device maintains theuser-interface lock state if the detected contact does not correspond tothe predefined gesture. As noted above, processes that use gestures onthe touch screen to unlock the device are described in U.S. patentapplication Ser. Nos. 11/322,549, “Unlocking A Device By PerformingGestures On An Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, and 11/322,550,“Indication Of Progress Towards Satisfaction Of A User Input Condition,”filed Dec. 23, 2005, which are hereby incorporated by reference in theirentirety.

FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a menu ofapplications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments. In some embodiments, user interface 400A includes thefollowing elements, or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   Signal strength indicator(s) 402 for wireless communication(s),        such as cellular and Wi-Fi signals;    -   Time 404;    -   Battery status indicator 406;    -   Tray 408 with icons for frequently used applications, such as        one or more of the following:        -   Phone 138, which may include an indicator 414 of the number            of missed calls or voicemail messages;        -   E-mail client 140, which may include an indicator 410 of the            number of unread e-mails;        -   Browser 147; and        -   Music player 146; and    -   Icons for other applications, such as one or more of the        following:        -   IM 141;        -   Image management 144;        -   Camera 143;        -   Video player 145;        -   Weather 149-1;        -   Stocks 149-2;        -   Blog 142;        -   Calendar 148;        -   Calculator 149-3;        -   Alarm clock 149-4;        -   Dictionary 149-5; and        -   User-created widget 149-6.

In some embodiments, user interface 400B includes the followingelements, or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   402, 404, 406, 141, 148, 144, 143, 149-3, 149-2, 149-1, 149-4,        410, 414, 138, 140, and 147, as described above;    -   Map 154;    -   Notes 153;    -   Settings 412, which provides access to settings for the device        100 and its various applications 136;    -   Video and music player module 152, also referred to as iPod        (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.) module 152; and    -   Online video module 155, also referred to as YouTube (trademark        of Google, Inc.) module 155.

In some embodiments, UI 400A or 400B displays all of the availableapplications 136 on one screen so that there is no need to scrollthrough a list of applications (e.g., via a scroll bar). In someembodiments, as the number of applications increase, the iconscorresponding to the applications may decrease in size so that allapplications may be displayed on a single screen without scrolling. Insome embodiments, having all applications on one screen and a menubutton enables a user to access any desired application with at most twoinputs, such as activating the menu button 204 and then activating thedesired application (e.g., by a tap or other finger gesture on the iconcorresponding to the application).

In some embodiments, UI 400A or 400B provides integrated access to bothwidget-based applications and non-widget-based applications. In someembodiments, all of the widgets, whether user-created or not, aredisplayed in UI 400A or 400B. In other embodiments, activating the iconfor user-created widget 149-6 may lead to another UI that contains theuser-created widgets or icons corresponding to the user-created widgets.

In some embodiments, a user may rearrange the icons in UI 400A or 400B,e.g., using processes described in U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/459,602, “Portable Electronic Device With Interface ReconfigurationMode,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference inits entirety. For example, a user may move application icons in and outof tray 408 using finger gestures.

In some embodiments, UI 400A or 400B includes a gauge (not shown) thatdisplays an updated account usage metric for an account associated withusage of the device (e.g., a cellular phone account), as described inU.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,552, “Account InformationDisplay For Portable Communication Device,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, whichis hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

As noted in the background section, many user-friendly GUI featurescannot be implemented because of the limitations with the conventionalgraphical user interfaces. But these limitations can be overcome by aportable device with a touch screen display as described in the presentapplication. For example, it is possible to use finger gestures to dragand drop a user interface object such as an icon from one position toanother position on the touch screen display for swapping two objects.It is also possible for a user to rank information or services renderedby the portable device using such finger gestures.

The term “user interface object” (which is interchangeable with“graphical object”) generally refers to a graphical icon on the touchscreen display, which may be associated with an entertainment item, anapplication configuration option, an email message, a photo, a datafile, or the like depending on the specific application that employs theschemes.

FIGS. 8A through 8I illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a music andvideo player in accordance with some embodiments. Note that these userinterfaces are only examples illustrating the processes mentioned above.One skilled in the art may apply these user navigation schemes to otherapplications that provide or require similar user experience.

In some embodiments, icons for major content categories (e.g., playlists4308, artists 4310, songs 4312, and video 4314, FIG. 8A) are displayedin a first area of the display (e.g., 4340, FIG. 8A). In someembodiments, the first area also includes an icon (e.g., more icon 4316)that when activated (e.g., by a finger tap on the icon) leads toadditional content categories (e.g., albums, audiobooks, compilations,composers, genres, and podcasts in FIG. 8A).

In some embodiments, the major content categories that are displayed inthe first area 4340 of the display can be rearranged by a user tocorrespond to the user's preferred (favorite) categories (e.g., asillustrated in FIGS. 8A-8G). In some embodiments, activation of addcategory icon 4344 (e.g., by a finger tap on the icon) initiates displayof a UI with a soft keyboard for adding user specified categories (notshown). In some embodiments, activation of edit icon 4342 in FIG. 8A(e.g., by a finger tap on the icon) initiates display of UI 4300K (FIG.8B) with delete icons 4348 (which operate like delete icons 702, FIG. 7,as described above) and moving affordance icons 4360. As describedbelow, moving affordance icons 4360 may be used as control icons thatassist in rearranging categories or other UI objects.

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a first process for swapping firstand second user interface objects in accordance with some embodiments.In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay with a plurality of user interface objects displays a first userinterface object (e.g., genres icon 4350, FIG. 8B) and a second userinterface object (e.g., artists icon 4310, FIG. 8B) on the touch screendisplay (501). In some embodiments, the first user interface object isone of a group of candidate icons (e.g., icons in the more list 4362,FIG. 8B, which are candidates for rearrangement) and the second userinterface object is one of a group of user favorite icons (e.g., iconsin area 4340).

A finger-down event is detected at the first user interface object (503)(e.g., contact 4346-1, FIG. 8B). In some embodiments, the first userinterface object includes a control icon (e.g., the horizontal barscomprising a moving affordance icon 4360 in genres icon 4350) and thefinger-down event occurs at or near the control icon.

One or more finger-dragging events are detected on the touch screendisplay (505) (e.g., the finger drag from 4346-1 (FIG. 8B) to 4346-2(FIG. 8C) to 4346-3 via 4365 (FIG. 8C)).

The first user interface object is moved on the touch screen displayalong a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the firstuser interface object at least in part overlaps the second userinterface object (507).

In some embodiments, while moving the first user interface object on thetouch screen display, the first user interface object is displayed in amanner visually distinguishable from other user interface objects on thetouch screen display (e.g., the shading around genres icon 4350 in FIG.8C).

A finger-up event is detected at the second user interface object (509)(e.g., ending contact at 4346-3, FIG. 8C). The second user interfaceobject (e.g., artists icon 4310, FIG. 8C) is visually replaced with thefirst user interface object (511) (e.g., genres icon 4350, FIG. 8D).

In some embodiments, in response to the finger-up event, the first userinterface object is displayed at a location formerly occupied by thesecond user interface object, and a movement of the second userinterface object to a location formerly occupied by the first userinterface object is animated (e.g., in FIG. 8D, artists 4310 is now partof the list that used to include genres 4350).

In some embodiments, the first user interface object is displayed in afirst form before the finger-up event and in a second form after thefinger-up event, and the second form is visually different from thefirst form. In some embodiments, the first form is a row includingcharacters and at least one control icon (e.g., 4350, FIG. 8B) and thesecond form is an image or other graphic (e.g., 4350, FIG. 8D).

In some embodiments, the second user interface object is displayed in afirst form before the finger-up event and in a second form after thefinger-up event, and the second form is visually different from thefirst form. In some embodiments, the first form is an image or othergraphic (e.g., 4310, FIG. 8B) and the second form is a row (e.g., 4310,FIG. 8D) including characters associated with at least one control icon(e.g., 4360-2, FIG. 8D). In some embodiments, the second form is a rowincluding characters near, or within a predefined distance,corresponding to a hit region for the control icon.

In some embodiments, the first user interface object is one of a groupof candidate icons and the second user interface object is one of agroup of user favorite icons. In some embodiments, the remaining groupof candidate icons is rearranged after moving the first user interfaceobject away from its original location. The remaining group of candidateicons is the group of candidate icons excluding the first user interfaceobject. Upon detecting the finger-up event, the first user interfaceobject is displayed at a location formerly occupied by the second userinterface object and a movement of the second user interface object to alocation formerly occupied by one of the remaining group of candidateicons is animated.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a second process for swappingfirst and second user interface objects in accordance with someembodiments. FIGS. 8E through 8G illustrate another way the majorcontent categories that are displayed in the first area 4340 of thedisplay can be rearranged by a user to correspond to the user'spreferred (favorite) categories. The categories that are included inarea 4340 may also be listed in a first list area 4364 in the more list4362 (e.g., above separator 4352 in the more list 4362), with thecandidate categories listed in a second list area 4366 in the more list4362 (e.g., below separator 4352 in the more list 4362). Upon detectionof a finger down event (601) (e.g., 4346-5, FIG. 8E), a first userinterface object is identified at which the finger-down event occurs(603) (e.g., genres icon 4350). In response to one or more fingerdragging events (605) (e.g., from 4346-5 to 4346-6 (FIG. 8F) to 4346-7(FIG. 8G)), the first user interface object is moved on the touch screendisplay in accordance with the finger-dragging event (607). Upondetecting a finger up event (609) (e.g., at 4346-7), the portable deviceidentifies a second user interface object at which the finger-up eventoccurs (611) and then visually replaces the second user interface objectwith the first user interface object (613) (e.g., artists icon 4310) inboth the first list area 4364 and in area 4340 (e.g., 4350-1 and 4350-2,FIG. 8G), with the second user interface object moving to the secondlist area 4366 (e.g., 4310, FIG. 8G).

In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device displays a firstgroup of user interface objects on the touch screen display (e.g., iconsin the more list 4362, FIG. 8B, which are candidates for rearrangement).A second group of user interface objects is displayed on the touchscreen display (e.g., icons in area 4340). A finger-down event isdetected on the touch screen display (e.g., contact 4346-1, FIG. 8B). Afirst user interface object (e.g., genres icon 4350, FIG. 8B) in thefirst group at which the finger-down event occurs is identified. One ormore finger-dragging events are detected on the touch screen display(e.g., the finger drag from 4346-1 (FIG. 8B) to 4346-2 (FIG. 8C) to4346-3 via 4365 (FIG. 8C)). The first user interface object on the touchscreen display is moved in accordance with the finger-dragging events. Afinger-up event is detected on the touch screen display (e.g., endingcontact at 4346-3, FIG. 8C). A second user interface object (e.g.,artists icon 4310, FIG. 8B) in the second group at which the finger-upevent occurs is identified. The second user interface object is visuallyreplaced with the first user interface object (e.g., artists icon 4310in FIG. 8C is visually replaced with genres icon 4350 in FIG. 8D).

In some embodiments, the set of finger movements described above can beemployed to represent a user's feedback on information or servicesprovided by the portable device. FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating athird process for displaying a ratings icon using as input a fingerswipe gesture on the touch screen display in accordance with someembodiments. As illustrated in FIG. 8H and FIG. 8I, a user rating may beapplied to an item of content with a finger gesture.

In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device displays a seriesof ratings indicia (e.g., 4382, FIGS. 8H and 8I) on a touch screendisplay (701). The ratings indicia comprise a lowest rating indicia andone or more progressively higher rating indicia. In some embodiments,the ratings indicia comprise stars (e.g., 4382-2, FIG. 8I). In someembodiments, the series of ratings indicia consists of five stars.

A finger gesture (e.g., 4384, FIG. 8I) by a user is detected on one ormore of the ratings indicia (703). The finger gesture contacts a lastrating indicia immediately prior to breaking contact with the touchscreen display (e.g., the third rating indicia in FIG. 8I). In someembodiments, the finger gesture contacts the lowest rating indicia priorto contacting one or more of the progressively higher rating indicia. Insome embodiments, the finger gesture is a swipe gesture.

A rating corresponding to the last rating indicia contacted by thefinger gesture is used as input to a function or application in thedevice (705). For example, the three-star rating for the song “ComeTogether” in FIG. 8I may be used to sort this content versus othercontent in the device and/or to determine how often this content isheard when content is played in a random order.

In some embodiments, the rating corresponding to the last rating indiciacontacted by the finger gesture is used to give a rating for an item ofcontent that is playable with a content player application on thedevice. In some embodiments, the item of content is an item of music andthe content player application is a music player application. In someembodiments, the item of content is a video and the content playerapplication is a video player application.

In some embodiments, the rating corresponding to the last rating indiciacontacted by the finger gesture is used to give a rating for content ona web page that is viewable with a browser application on the device.

A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with atouch screen display comprises a series of ratings indicia 4382 on thetouch screen display. The ratings indicia comprise a lowest ratingindicia and one or more progressively higher rating indicia. In responseto detecting a finger gesture by a user on one or more of the ratingsindicia, wherein the finger gesture contacts a last rating indiciaimmediately prior to breaking contact with the touch screen display, arating corresponding to the last rating indicia contacted by the fingergesture is used as input to a function or an application in the device.

FIGS. 9A-9P illustrate exemplary user interfaces for an online videoapplication for a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments.

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at aportable electronic device (e.g., 100) with a touch screen display 112.

The device displays a first list 2330-1 (FIG. 9A) of information aboutonline video items in a plurality of lists 2330 of information aboutonline video items. In some embodiments, the plurality of lists ofinformation about online video items include at least two of: a list ofinformation about featured content items (e.g., videos featured by theonline video website), a list of information about most recently addedcontent items (e.g., videos most recently added to the online videowebsite), a list of information about most viewed content items (e.g.,videos most viewed by other users of the online video website, 2330-1,FIG. 9A), a list of information about top rated content items (e.g.,videos rated by other users of the online video website), a list ofinformation about content items bookmarked by a user of the computingdevice (e.g., bookmark list 2330-2, FIG. 9O), and a list of informationabout content items viewed by a user of the computing device (e.g., alist with a history of the video played by the user). In someembodiments, a respective list 2330 of information about online videoitems is displayed in a portrait orientation of the touch screendisplay. In some embodiments, in response to activation of a time windowicon (e.g., all 2390, today 2392, or this week 2394 icons in FIG. 9A) arespective list may be chosen to correspond to a specific time period.

The device displays a plurality of icons (e.g., 2332-1, 2332-2, and2332-3, FIG. 9A) corresponding to at least some of the plurality oflists of information about online video items. The plurality of iconsare displayed at the same time as a list of information about onlinevideo items (e.g., list 2330-1, FIG. 9A).

In some embodiments, the device displays a search icon 2334 that whenactivated initiates the display of a user interface 2300R (FIG. 9N) forsearching for online video items.

In response to detecting a moving finger gesture 2336 on the first listof information about content items, the device scrolls the first list ofinformation about content items.

In response to detecting a stationary finger contact on a first portion2338 of a row 2340 in the first list of information about online videoitems, wherein the row contains information about a particular onlinevideo item, the device: initiates a request for the particular onlinevideo item 2342 from a remote computer (e.g., an online video server fora web site such as www.youtube.com), receives the particular onlinevideo item 2342, and plays the particular online video item 2342 (FIG.9B). In some embodiments, the first portion 2338 of a row includesanywhere in the row except a second portion of the row, such asadditional information icon 2344.

In some embodiments, the row 2340 has a width, the touch screen 112 hasa width and the width of the row is substantially the same as the widthof the touch screen display (e.g., at least 90% of the width of thetouch screen display). In some embodiments, the touch screen display 112has an area and the particular online video item 2342 uses substantiallyall (e.g., at least 90%) of the touch screen display area when theparticular online video item is played. In some embodiments, theparticular online video item 2342 is played in a landscape orientationof the touch screen display (FIG. 9B).

In some embodiments, in response to detecting a finger contact 2346(FIG. 9B) on the touch screen display while the particular online videoitem 2342 is playing, the device displays one or more playback controls.In some embodiments, the one or more playback controls comprise a playicon 2304, a pause icon (not shown, which may toggle with the play icon2304), a sound volume icon 2324, and/or a playback progress bar icon2310. In some embodiments, displaying one or more playback controlscomprises displaying one or more playback controls on top of theparticular online video item 2342 (e.g., a semi-transparent “heads-updisplay”, as illustrated in FIG. 9B).

In some embodiments, while playing the particular online video item2342, the device ceases to display the one or more playback controls. Insome embodiments, ceasing to display the one or more playback controlscomprises fading out the one or more playback controls. In someembodiments, the display of the one or more playback controls is ceasedafter a predetermined time. In some embodiments, the display of the oneor more playback controls is ceased after no contact is detected withthe touch screen display for a predetermined time.

In some embodiments, in response to detecting a finger contact 2346 onthe touch screen display while the particular online video item isplaying, the device displays a bookmark icon 2350 that, if activated byanother finger contact 2348, bookmarks the particular online video item2342 (or initiates a process for creating a bookmark for the item).

In some embodiments, in response to detecting a finger contact 2346 onthe touch screen display while the particular online video item isplaying, the device displays a sharing icon 2352 that, if activated byanother finger contact 2354, initiates creation of an electronic messageto another user that includes a link to the particular online videoitem. In some embodiments, in response to detecting a finger contact2346 on the touch screen display while the particular online video itemis playing, the device displays a sharing icon 2352 that, if activatedby another finger contact 2354, initiates creation of an electronicmessage to another user that includes an online address (e.g., a URLsuch as “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXNoB3t8vM” in FIG. 9E) for theparticular online video item. In some embodiments, the electronicmessage is an email (FIG. 9E). In some embodiments, the electronicmessage is an instant message, such as an SMS message.

In response to detecting a finger contact on a respective icon (e.g.,icon 2332-1, FIG. 9A or 2332-2, FIG. 9A) in the plurality of icons, thedevice displays a corresponding list (e.g., 2330-1, FIG. 9A or 2330-2,FIG. 9O, respectively) of information about online video items.

In some embodiments, in response to detecting a finger contact on asecond portion of the row in the first list of information about onlinevideo items (e.g., a contact on icon 2344-3, FIG. 9A), the devicedisplays additional information about the particular online video item(e.g., UI 2300G, FIG. 9C). The second portion (e.g., icon 2344) of therow is different from the first portion 2338 of the row (e.g., anywhereelse in the row 2340 besides icon 2344). In some embodiments, theadditional information about the particular online video item includesinformation about related online video items 2356. In some embodiments,in response to detecting a finger contact on the second portion of therow, the device displays a bookmark icon 2358 that, if activated byanother finger contact 2360, bookmarks the particular online video item(or initiates a process for creating a bookmark). In some embodiments,in response to detecting a finger contact on the second portion of therow, the device displays a sharing icon 2362 that, if activated byanother finger contact 2364, initiates creation of an electronic messageto another user that includes a link to (or an online address for) theparticular online video item (FIG. 9E). In some embodiments, in responseto detecting a finger contact on the second portion of the row, thedevice: (a) displays a bookmark icon 2358 and a sharing icon 2362 if theparticular online video item is not bookmarked (FIG. 9C), and (b)displays an enlarged sharing icon 2366 (FIG. 9D) without the bookmarkicon if the particular online video item is already bookmarked (FIG.9D).

In some embodiments, the device displays an icon 2368 that whenactivated initiates the display of: (a) icons corresponding to at leastsome of the plurality of lists of information about online video items(e.g., 2332-4, 2332-5, 2332-6, FIG. 9F), and (b) a configuration icon(e.g., Edit icon 2370, FIG. 9F) that when activated initiates thedisplay of a user interface 2300K (FIG. 9G) for configuring which iconscorresponding to at least some of the plurality of lists are displayedwith the first list of information. In some embodiments, after detectinga gesture on the configuration icon 2370, the device: detects afinger-down event 2372 at a first icon in a plurality of icons; detectsone or more finger-dragging events 2374 on the touch screen display;moves the first icon on the touch screen display along a path determinedby the finger-dragging events until the first icon at least in partoverlaps a second icon in the plurality of icons (e.g., in FIG. 9I,“Most Recent” icon partially overlaps “Most Viewed” icon); detects afinger-up event 2376 at the second icon; and visually replaces thesecond icon with the first icon (e.g., in FIG. 9J, “Most Recent” iconvisually replaces the “Most Viewed” icon in FIG. 9I). In someembodiments, while moving the first icon on the touch screen display,the device displays the first icon in a manner visually distinguishablefrom other icons on the touch screen display (e.g., the “Most Recent”icon is enlarged in FIG. 9I). As shown in FIGS. 9K-9M, an analogousfinger down, finger drag, and finger up process may be used to rearrangethe icons 2332 (and 2334) that are displayed with the first list ofinformation (e.g., exchanging the positions of the “Most Recent” iconand the “Bookmarks” icon).

In some embodiments, in response to detecting a finger contact on aplayback completion icon 2314 (FIG. 9B), the device ceases to play theparticular online video item 2342, and displays again the first list ofinformation 2330-1 (FIG. 9A). In some embodiments, the finger contactdetected on the playback completion icon comprises a tap gesture.

A graphical user interface 2300E on a portable electronic device 100with a touch screen display 112 includes: a first list 2330-1 ofinformation about online video items in a plurality of lists ofinformation about online video items; and a plurality of icons 2332corresponding to at least some of the plurality of lists of informationabout online video items. In response to detecting a finger contact on afirst portion 2338 of a row 2340 in the first list 2330-1 of informationabout online video items, wherein the row contains information about aparticular online video item: a request is initiated for the particularonline video item 2342 from a remote computer, the particular onlinevideo item 2342 is received, and the particular online video item 2342is played. In some embodiments, in response to detecting a fingercontact on a second portion of the row (e.g., additional informationicon 2344) in the first list of information about online video items,wherein the second portion of the row is different from the firstportion of the row, additional information is displayed about theparticular online video item (e.g., in UI 2300G, FIG. 9C). In responseto detecting a finger contact on a respective icon 2332 in the pluralityof icons, a corresponding list 2330 of information about online videoitems is displayed.

The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has beendescribed with reference to specific embodiments. However, theillustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or tolimit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modificationsand variations are possible in view of the above teachings. Theembodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain theprinciples of the invention and its practical applications, to therebyenable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention andvarious embodiments with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method, comprising: at a portable multifunctiondevice with a touch screen display: storing information about aplurality of content items, wherein each content item of the pluralityof content items is associated with one or more content categories of aset of content categories; while in a normal-operation mode, where thedevice responds to interactions with icons by displaying informationabout content items associated with the icons: displaying, in a firstarea of the display, a display-more-categories icon and a first set ofcontent category icons for a first subset of the content categories,wherein the first set of content category icons includes a first contentcategory icon; detecting selection of the first content category icon;in response to detecting selection of the first content category iconassociated with a first content category: displaying, in a second areaof the display distinct from the first area of the display, informationabout a plurality of content items associated with the first contentcategory; and maintaining display of the display-more-categories iconand the first set of content category icons in the first area of thedisplay; detecting selection of the display-more-categories icon; inresponse to detecting selection of the display-more-categories icon:displaying, in the second area of the display, a second set of iconscorresponding to at least a second subset of the content categories thatincludes one or more content categories not included in the first subsetof the content categories; and maintaining display of thedisplay-more-categories icon and the first set of content category iconsin the first area of the display; while displaying the second set oficons in the normal-operation mode, detecting selection of aconfiguration mode affordance; in response to detecting selection of theconfiguration mode affordance: replacing display of the second set oficons with a third set of icons corresponding to the second subset ofthe content categories; and entering a configuration mode distinct fromthe normal-operation mode for configuring which icons are displayed inthe first area; and while in the configuration mode: detecting afinger-down event at a second content category icon corresponding to arespective content category of the second subset of the contentcategories that is not included in the first subset of the contentcategories; detecting one or more finger-dragging events on the touchscreen display; moving the second content category icon on the touchscreen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging eventsuntil the second content category icon at least in part overlaps thefirst content category icon; detecting a finger-up event at the firstcontent category icon; and visually replacing the first content categoryicon with the second content category icon while maintaining display ofthe display-more-categories and icons in the first set of contentcategory icons other than the first icon in the first area of thedisplay.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the third set of iconsincludes one or more icons corresponding to content categories in thefirst subset of content categories.
 3. The method of claim 1, whereinthe icons in the second set of icons are arranged as rows in a list. 4.The method of claim 3, wherein the icons in the third set of icons arearranged in a multi-column, multi-row grid.
 5. A portable electronicdevice, comprising: a touch screen display; one or more processors;memory; and a program, wherein the program is stored in the memory andconfigured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programincluding instructions for: storing information about a plurality ofcontent items, wherein each content item of the plurality of contentitems is associated with one or more content categories of a set ofcontent categories; while in a normal-operation mode, where the deviceresponds to interactions with icons by displaying information aboutcontent items associated with the icons: displaying, in a first area ofthe display, a display-more-categories icon and a first set of contentcategory icons for a first subset of the content categories, wherein thefirst set of content category icons includes a first content categoryicon; detecting selection of the first content category icon; inresponse to detecting selection of the first content category iconassociated with a first content category: displaying, in a second areaof the display distinct from the first area of the display, informationabout a plurality of content items associated with the first contentcategory; and maintaining display of the display-more-categories iconand the first set of content category icons in the first area of thedisplay; detecting selection of the display-more-categories icon; inresponse to detecting selection of the display-more-categories icon:displaying, in the second area of the display, a second set of iconscorresponding to at least a second subset of the content categories thatincludes one or more content categories not included in the first subsetof the content categories; and maintaining display of thedisplay-more-categories icon and the first set of content category iconsin the first area of the display; while displaying the second set oficons in the normal-operation mode, detecting selection of aconfiguration mode affordance; in response to detecting selection of theconfiguration mode affordance: replacing display of the second set oficons with a third set of icons corresponding to the second subset ofthe content categories; and entering a configuration mode distinct fromthe normal-operation mode for configuring which icons are displayed inthe first area; and while in the configuration mode: detecting afinger-down event at a second content category icon corresponding to arespective content category of the second subset of the contentcategories that is not included in the first subset of the contentcategories; detecting one or more finger-dragging events on the touchscreen display; moving the second content category icon on the touchscreen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging eventsuntil the second content category icon at least in part overlaps thefirst content category icon; detecting a finger-up event at the firstcontent category icon; and visually replacing the first content categoryicon with the second content category icon while maintaining display ofthe display-more-categories and icons in the first set of contentcategory icons other than the first icon in the first area of thedisplay.
 6. The device of claim 5, wherein the third set of iconsincludes one or more icons corresponding to content categories in thefirst subset of content categories.
 7. The device of claim 5, whereinthe icons in the second set of icons are arranged as rows in a list. 8.The device of claim 7, wherein the icons in the third set of icons arearranged in a multi-column, multi-row grid.
 9. A non-transitory computerreadable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or moreprograms comprising instructions, which when executed by a portableelectronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:store information about a plurality of content items, wherein eachcontent item of the plurality of content items is associated with one ormore content categories of a set of content categories; while in anormal-operation mode, where the device responds to interactions withicons by displaying information about content items associated with theicons: display, in a first area of the display, adisplay-more-categories icon and a first set of content category iconsfor a first subset of the content categories, wherein the first set ofcontent category icons includes a first content category icon; detectselection of the first content category icon; in response to detectingselection of the first content category icon associated with a firstcontent category: display, in a second area of the display distinct fromthe first area of the display, information about a plurality of contentitems associated with the first content category; and maintain displayof the display-more-categories icon and the first set of contentcategory icons in the first area of the display; detect selection of thedisplay-more-categories icon; in response to detecting selection of thedisplay-more-categories icon: display, in the second area of thedisplay, a second set of icons corresponding to at least a second subsetof the content categories that includes one or more content categoriesnot included in the first subset of the content categories; and maintaindisplay of the display-more-categories icon and the first set of contentcategory icons in the first area of the display; while displaying thesecond set of icons in the normal-operation mode, detecting selection ofa configuration mode affordance; in response to detecting selection ofthe configuration mode affordance: replace display of the second set oficons with a third set of icons corresponding to the second subset ofthe content categories; and enter a configuration mode distinct from thenormal-operation mode for configuring which icons are displayed in thefirst area; and while in the configuration mode: detect a finger-downevent at a second content category icon corresponding to a respectivecontent category of the second subset of the content categories that isnot included in the first subset of the content categories; detect oneor more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display; move thesecond content category icon on the touch screen display along a pathdetermined by the finger-dragging events until the second contentcategory icon at least in part overlaps the first content category icon;detect a finger-up event at the first content category icon; andvisually replace the first content category icon with the second contentcategory icon while maintaining display of the display-more-categoriesand icons in the first set of content category icons other than thefirst icon in the first area of the display.
 10. The computer readablestorage medium of claim 9, wherein the third set of icons includes oneor more icons corresponding to content categories in the first subset ofcontent categories.
 11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9,wherein the icons in the second set of icons are arranged as rows in alist.
 12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein theicons in the third set of icons are arranged in a multi-column,multi-row grid.